1 Kings 8:9

KJV1611 – Modern English

There was nothing in the ark except the two tablets of stone, which Moses put there at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.

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Other Translations

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    There was nothing in the Ark except the two stone tablets that Moses had placed there at Horeb, where the LORD made a covenant with the Israelites after they came out of the land of Egypt.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone, which Moses put there at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone which Moses put there at Horeb, when Jehovah made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone, which Moses put there at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    And in the Arke there was nothinge, but onely the two tables of stone, which Moses had layed therin at Horeb, whan ye LORDE made a couenaunt with the children of Israel, what tyme as they were departed out of the londe of Egipte.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Nothing was in the Arke saue the two tables of stone which Moses had put there at Horeb, where the Lorde made a couenant with the children of Israel, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And there was nothing in the arke saue the two tables of stone, which Moyses put there at Horeb, in ye which tables the Lorde made an appoyntment with the children of Israel when he brought them out of the lande of Egypt.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    [There was] nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone, which Moses put there at Horeb, when the LORD made [a covenant] with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone which Moses put there at Horeb, when Yahweh made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    There is nothing in the ark, only the two tables of stone which Moses put there in Horeb, when Jehovah covenanted with the sons of Israel in their going out of the land of Egypt.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone which Moses put there at Horeb, when Jehovah made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone which Moses put there at Horeb, when Jehovah made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    There was nothing in the ark but the two flat stones which Moses put there at Horeb, where the Lord made an agreement with the children of Israel when they came out of the land of Egypt.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    There was nothing in the ark except the two tables of stone which Moses put there at Horeb, when Yahweh made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    There was nothing in the ark except the two stone tablets Moses had placed there in Horeb. It was there that the LORD made a covenant with the Israelites after he brought them out of the land of Egypt.

Referenced Verses

  • Exod 25:21 : 21 And you shall put the mercy seat on top of the ark, and in the ark you shall put the testimony that I will give you.
  • Heb 9:4 : 4 Which had the golden censer, and the ark of the covenant covered all around with gold, wherein was the golden pot that had manna, and Aaron's rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant;
  • Exod 40:20 : 20 And he took and put the testimony into the ark, and set the poles on the ark, and put the mercy seat above upon the ark:
  • Deut 4:13 : 13 And he declared to you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, the ten commandments; and he wrote them upon two tablets of stone.
  • Exod 34:27-28 : 27 And the LORD said to Moses, "Write these words, for according to the tenor of these words I have made a covenant with you and with Israel." 28 And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he neither ate bread nor drank water. And he wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the Ten Commandments.
  • Rev 15:8 : 8 And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God and from His power, and no one was able to enter the temple until the seven plagues of the seven angels were completed.
  • Deut 10:2-5 : 2 And I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke, and you shall put them in the ark. 3 And I made an ark of acacia wood, and carved two tablets of stone like the first, and went up the mountain, having the two tablets in my hand. 4 And he wrote on the tablets, according to the first writing, the ten commandments, which the LORD spoke to you on the mountain out of the midst of the fire on the day of the assembly: and the LORD gave them to me. 5 And I turned and came down from the mountain, and put the tablets in the ark which I had made; and there they are, as the LORD commanded me.
  • Deut 31:26 : 26 Take this book of the law, and put it by the side of the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, that it may be there for a witness against you.
  • 1 Kgs 8:21 : 21 And I have set there a place for the ark, in which is the covenant of the LORD, which he made with our fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.
  • 2 Chr 5:10 : 10 There was nothing in the ark except the two tablets that Moses placed there at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of Egypt.
  • 2 Chr 5:13-14 : 13 It happened, when the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the LORD; when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of music, and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endures forever: that the house was filled with a cloud, the house of the LORD; 14 So that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of God.
  • 2 Chr 7:1-3 : 1 Now when Solomon had finished praying, fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices; and the glory of the LORD filled the house. 2 And the priests could not enter into the house of the LORD, because the glory of the LORD had filled the LORD's house. 3 And when all the children of Israel saw how the fire came down, and the glory of the LORD upon the house, they bowed with their faces to the ground on the pavement, and worshiped and praised the LORD, saying, For He is good; for His mercy endures forever.
  • Ezek 10:4 : 4 Then the glory of the LORD went up from the cherub, and stood over the threshold of the house; and the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was full of the brightness of the LORD's glory.
  • Exod 40:34-35 : 34 Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle. 35 And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of the congregation, because the cloud stayed upon it, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.
  • Lev 16:2 : 2 And the LORD said to Moses, Speak to Aaron your brother, that he come not at all times into the holy place within the veil before the mercy seat, which is on the ark; that he not die: for I will appear in the cloud upon the mercy seat.
  • Num 9:15 : 15 And on the day that the tabernacle was set up, the cloud covered the tabernacle, namely, the tent of the testimony: and in the evening there was over the tabernacle the appearance of fire, until the morning.
  • Num 17:10 : 10 And the LORD said to Moses, Bring Aaron's rod back before the testimony, to be kept as a sign against the rebels; and you shall completely remove their murmurings from me, that they do not die.
  • Exod 13:21 : 21 And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night:
  • Exod 14:24 : 24 And it came to pass, that in the morning watch the LORD looked unto the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and cloud, and troubled the host of the Egyptians,
  • Exod 16:10 : 10 And it came to pass, as Aaron spoke to the whole congregation of the children of Israel, that they looked toward the wilderness, and behold, the glory of the LORD appeared in the cloud.
  • Exod 16:33 : 33 And Moses said to Aaron, Take a pot, and put an omer full of manna in it, and place it before the LORD, to be kept for your generations.
  • Exod 24:7-8 : 7 And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the hearing of the people: and they said, All that the LORD has said we will do, and be obedient. 8 And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which the LORD has made with you concerning all these words.
  • Exod 24:16-18 : 16 And the glory of the LORD abode upon Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days: and the seventh day he called to Moses out of the midst of the cloud. 17 And the sight of the glory of the LORD was like devouring fire on the top of the mountain in the eyes of the children of Israel. 18 And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and went up into the mountain: and Moses was in the mountain forty days and forty nights.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2 Chr 5:7-10
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    95%

    7And the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the LORD to its place, into the oracle of the house, into the most holy place, under the wings of the cherubim.

    8For the cherubim spread their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and its poles above.

    9They drew out the poles of the ark so that the ends of the poles were seen from the ark before the oracle, but they were not seen outside. And there it is to this day.

    10There was nothing in the ark except the two tablets that Moses placed there at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of Egypt.

  • Deut 10:1-5
    5 verses
    77%

    1At that time the LORD said to me, Carve for yourself two tablets of stone like the first, and come up to me on the mountain, and make an ark of wood.

    2And I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke, and you shall put them in the ark.

    3And I made an ark of acacia wood, and carved two tablets of stone like the first, and went up the mountain, having the two tablets in my hand.

    4And he wrote on the tablets, according to the first writing, the ten commandments, which the LORD spoke to you on the mountain out of the midst of the fire on the day of the assembly: and the LORD gave them to me.

    5And I turned and came down from the mountain, and put the tablets in the ark which I had made; and there they are, as the LORD commanded me.

  • 1 Kgs 8:6-8
    3 verses
    77%

    6And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD to its place, into the inner sanctuary of the house, to the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubim.

    7For the cherubim spread their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and its staves above.

    8And they drew out the staves, so that the ends of the staves were seen from the holy place before the inner sanctuary, but they were not seen outside; and there they are to this day.

  • Deut 9:9-11
    3 verses
    76%

    9When I went up into the mountain to receive the tablets of stone, even the tablets of the covenant which the LORD made with you, then I stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights, I neither ate bread nor drank water:

    10And the LORD delivered to me two tablets of stone written with the finger of God; and on them were written according to all the words, which the LORD spoke with you on the mountain out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly.

    11And it came to pass at the end of forty days and forty nights, that the LORD gave me the two tablets of stone, even the tablets of the covenant.

  • Heb 9:4
    75%

    4Which had the golden censer, and the ark of the covenant covered all around with gold, wherein was the golden pot that had manna, and Aaron's rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant;

  • 1 Kgs 8:21
    74%

    21And I have set there a place for the ark, in which is the covenant of the LORD, which he made with our fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.

  • 2 Chr 6:11
    74%

    11And in it have I put the ark, wherein is the covenant of the LORD, that he made with the children of Israel.

  • 1 Kgs 8:10
    74%

    10And it came to pass, when the priests came out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house of the LORD,

  • Exod 25:14-16
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    73%

    14And you shall put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, that the ark may be carried with them.

    15The poles shall be in the rings of the ark; they shall not be taken from it.

    16And you shall put into the ark the testimony which I will give you.

  • Exod 32:15-16
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    73%

    15Moses turned and went down from the mountain with the two tablets of the testimony in his hand; the tablets were written on both sides, on one side and on the other.

    16The tablets were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, engraved on the tablets.

  • Exod 35:12
    73%

    12The ark, and its poles, with the mercy seat, and the veil of the covering,

  • Exod 31:18
    73%

    18And he gave to Moses, when he had finished speaking with him on Mount Sinai, two tablets of the testimony, tablets of stone, written with the finger of God.

  • Deut 9:15
    72%

    15So I turned and came down from the mountain, and the mountain burned with fire: and the two tablets of the covenant were in my two hands.

  • Exod 40:20-21
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    72%

    20And he took and put the testimony into the ark, and set the poles on the ark, and put the mercy seat above upon the ark:

    21And he brought the ark into the tabernacle, and set up the veil of the covering, and covered the ark of the testimony, as the LORD commanded Moses.

  • Exod 39:35-36
    2 verses
    72%

    35The ark of the testimony, its poles, and the mercy seat,

    36The table, and all its utensils, and the showbread,

  • Deut 4:13
    72%

    13And he declared to you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, the ten commandments; and he wrote them upon two tablets of stone.

  • 1 Kgs 6:19
    72%

    19And the oracle he prepared in the house inside, to set there the ark of the covenant of the LORD.

  • Exod 31:7-8
    2 verses
    71%

    7The tabernacle of meeting, the ark of the testimony, the mercy seat that is on it, and all the furniture of the tabernacle,

    8The table and its utensils, the pure lampstand with all its utensils, and the altar of incense,

  • 1 Kgs 8:3-4
    2 verses
    71%

    3And all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark.

    4And they brought up the ark of the LORD, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and all the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle, even those did the priests and the Levites bring up.

  • Exod 34:27-28
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    70%

    27And the LORD said to Moses, "Write these words, for according to the tenor of these words I have made a covenant with you and with Israel."

    28And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he neither ate bread nor drank water. And he wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the Ten Commandments.

  • Deut 31:25
    70%

    25That Moses commanded the Levites, who bore the ark of the covenant of the LORD, saying,

  • Josh 8:32
    70%

    32And he wrote there on the stones a copy of the law of Moses, which he wrote in the presence of the children of Israel.

  • Exod 34:4
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    4So he carved two tablets of stone like the first ones; and Moses rose early in the morning and went up to Mount Sinai, as the LORD had commanded him, and he took in his hand the two tablets of stone.

  • Deut 29:1
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    1These are the words of the covenant which the LORD commanded Moses to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab, besides the covenant which he made with them in Horeb.

  • Exod 37:5
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    5And he put the poles into the rings at the sides of the ark, to carry the ark.

  • Judg 20:27
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    27And the children of Israel inquired of the LORD (for the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days,

  • 1 Sam 6:1
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    1And the ark of the Lord was in the country of the Philistines for seven months.

  • Exod 40:3
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    3And you shall put therein the ark of the testimony, and cover the ark with the veil.

  • 1 Sam 6:15
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    15The Levites took down the ark of the Lord and the chest that was with it, in which were the jewels of gold, and placed them on the large stone. And the men of Beth Shemesh offered burnt offerings and made sacrifices to the Lord on that day.